PBR Teams: Stampede Days marks the fourth event of the 2026 PBR Teams season as the league heads to Nashville, Tennessee. Action begins Friday, Aug. 14, at 7:45 p.m. CT, continues Saturday, Aug. 15, at 6:45 p.m. CT and concludes Sunday, Aug. 16, at 12:15 p.m. CT inside Bridgestone Arena.
Friday’s competition will stream live and exclusively on Paramount+ beginning at 8:45 p.m. ET, while Saturday’s action will air on The CW beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Sunday features a PBR Teams doubleheader on CBS at noon ET, including the Austin Gamblers against the Kansas City Outlaws followed by the hometown Nashville Stampede hosting the defending champion Carolina Cowboys. The final day of competition will also air on The CW beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET.
NASHVILLE’S DOMAIN
The Nashville Stampede return home as the hottest team in PBR Teams.
Nashville enters Stampede Days at 7-1 after winning seven consecutive games and posting its second perfect 3-0 weekend of the season at Freedom Days. The Stampede sit two games clear of the Arizona Ridge Riders, Florida Freedom and Carolina Cowboys, who are each 5-3.
The league leaders have converted 22 of their 40 outs for a PBR-best 55% riding percentage and have generated 1,946.2 points, also best in the league. Arizona and Austin are tied for second with 19 qualified rides and a 47.5% riding percentage.
Nashville opens its homestand Friday against Arizona before meeting Carolina on Saturday and Oklahoma on Sunday.
With 27 regular-season games still remaining for every team before the PBR Teams Championship in Las Vegas in November, Nashville has plenty of season left to defend its advantage — but enters its home event with the first real opportunity to create separation at the top.
LEME, VENÂNCIO SEPARATED BY 1.35 POINTS
The race for the 2026 PBR Teams MVP enters Nashville almost as tight as possible.
Austin’s Jose Vitor Leme leads with 532.6 MVP points, just 1.35 points ahead of Nashville’s Rogério Venâncio at 531.25. Missouri teammates Paulo Eduardo Rossetto and Felipe Furlan follow at 448.65 and 444.25 points, respectively.
Leme and Venâncio are also tied for the league lead with six qualified rides each.
While Venâncio gets the benefit of competing on home dirt, Leme opens Stampede Days against Black Velvet as Austin faces New York. Venâncio is projected to face Humdinger in Nashville’s Friday night matchup against Arizona.
With 1.35 points separating the top two riders, a single qualified ride could flip the MVP standings before the weekend is over.
REMATCH RECAP
Several riders will encounter familiar bovine opponents during Friday’s opening slate.
Florida’s John Crimber reunites with Getcha Some after the pair combined for 90.05 points in Billings, Montana, in April. Oklahoma’s Winy dos Santos seeks revenge against Zinger after being bucked off in 6.93 seconds during a PBR Stockyards Showcase in July, while teammate Trace Redd looks to remain perfect against Huey after riding the bull twice, most recently for 88.35 points at PBR Bulls and Beats.
Texas’ Daniel Keeping gets another opportunity against What’s Poppin after bucking off the bull in Sacramento in January. Kansas City’s Heitor Santos Ferreira reunites with Mystified after a 75.25-point ride at Rattler Days in 2025, while teammate Sandro Batista looks to remain perfect against MF Cupcake after covering the bull for 88.6 points last weekend in Sunrise, Florida.
Missouri’s Felipe Furlan gets an immediate rematch with Geralt after the pair combined for 90.6 points in Sunrise. Carolina’s Keyshawn Whitehorse faces Buck Nasty nearly one year to the day after the bull bucked him off in 4.48 seconds in Nashville.
Arizona’s Eduardo Aparecido also meets High Caliber again after riding the bull for 87 points on Aug. 15, 2025, in Nashville.
THE PACK CHASING NASHVILLE
Nashville may have created early breathing room, but the standings remain crowded behind the Stampede.
Arizona, Florida and Carolina are tied at 5-3, two games behind Nashville. Austin and Texas sit at 4-4, while Missouri, Kansas City and Oklahoma are each 3-5. New York enters Nashville at 1-7.
Arizona and Austin are tied for second in both qualified rides and riding percentage with 19 rides and a 47.5% conversion rate. Florida and Carolina are tied with 15 rides apiece and a 37.5% riding percentage.
Texas leads the league with four 90-point rides, while Missouri, Arizona and Florida have each produced three.
With every team scheduled to play three games in Nashville and 27 regular-season games still remaining afterward, Stampede Days gives the league another chance to tighten the race — or Nashville another opportunity to turn its early lead into something much harder to chase.
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